Its also not clear why Ubuntu's systemd-analyze doesn't report more than just kernel + userspace times even on Ubuntu 18.04. Both CentOS 7 and Fedora 27 report times properly, which are using older versions of systemd.
--- CentOS 7 - systemd-219-42.el7_4.7.x86_64 $ systemd-analyze time Startup finished in 846ms (kernel) + 2.678s (initrd) + 2min 29.307s (userspace) = 2min 32.832s --- Fedora 27 - systemd-234-10.git5f8984e.fc27.x86_64 $ systemd-analyze time Startup finished in 21.114s (firmware) + 2.086s (loader) + 1.131s (kernel) + 8.841s (initrd) + 6.125s (userspace) = 39.298s --- Ubuntu systemd 237-3ubuntu4 $ systemd-analyze time Startup finished in 2.561s (kernel) + 12.868s (userspace) = 15.429s graphical.target reached after 12.842s in userspace -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615685 Title: systemd-analyze stats for kernel startup time looks suspect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1615685/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs